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Hey everyone, how are you all doing? Welcome to another video on the Peperaio Hard channel. I'm Lucas Peperaio, and today I'm in a slightly different environment than you're used to seeing. It's the same environment, just modified here in the back; the tables are much bigger so I can have more space.
Well, today I'm going to test the Xigmatek Head Scorpion 2 CPU cooler on two platforms: Intel and AMD. I'll be testing stock CPUs and overclocking them. I'll compare them with Intel and AMD stock CPUs to see if it's worth replacing your stock CPU with a more robust cooler. Okay, so let's go! Watercooling Custom: Customization of machines and hardware components in general, including pre-defined combos, is at Performance Solutions.
For modular cables or extenders, visit Monkey Custom. At Salt Comp Informática, you can buy your favorite hardware and take advantage of the Peperaio discount coupon. And for accessories and Gamer machines, for casual or enthusiast gamers, visit the Análise Informática store. So here's the Head Scorpion 2 box.
I'm not going to do an unboxing... I'm alive, but I'll show you some pictures. So here on the front we see an opening where you can already see the cooler. Of course, in my case, the cooler is already out and mounted. We have the E7 LGA 2011 seal indicating that it supports this platform. We have Hit Pipe Direct Touch technology, so we have three Hit Pipes on the cooler that make direct contact with your processor.
Okay, well, on the side of the box we have some pictures of the cooler, one picture of the fan, it's a fan with lighting, it's white lighting that highlights the orange color. On the other side of the box we have the CPUs and sockets that the cooler supports. So here we have Intel socket 1156, 1366, 1155, 2011.
The product box is a bit old, so we don't have the 1151 or the 2011 V3 here, however, the 1151 has the same mounting holes as the 1155, so you can use the 2011 V3 without any problem. I also put it here. It worked perfectly. The fit was normal. I even tested it by putting the memory in the first slots to see if it would allow you to put the memory in the first slot, although it was a little tight, it fit without any problem.
Okay, so if you put it in... this cooler comes with only one fan. If you put a second fan, you can use memory on both sides, obviously also depending on the layout of your motherboard, right? And here's the AMD part. Here we have AM2, AM2 Plus, AM3, FM1, but you can use FM2, FM2 Plus, which I even tested here with FM2 Plus.
Okay, so without further ado, I'll show you how to assemble this cooler. If you want to skip this part, I'll leave the video timestamps in the description so you can go straight to the tests, or if you don't have much experience and want to see how to assemble it without difficulty, keep watching the video.
Okay, folks, I'll show you the contents of the package and how you assemble your Sigmatech Head Scorpion 2 cooler. So here we have the radiator; it has three hit pipes... radiator We have here an aluminum backplate that you'll use on the back of your motherboard, both AMD and Intel motherboards. I have two motherboards here, and I'll show you how to make the connection.
You just don't use it on the LGA 2011 socket, because it already has the backplate; it already has the holes for you to just put the screws in. Here we have the screws, threads, and everything else. Here we have the parts for you to use on an AMD motherboard. Okay, and the parts for you to use on an Intel motherboard.
So here, folks, an AMD motherboard, in this case an FM2, but you can use it on AM2, M2, M3, etc. The type of connection here will be the same. Okay, the first thing we're going to do is remove this standard backplate. Observe here; the motherboard already has a backplate. We're going to remove this.
Okay, so here you'll have the motherboard without a backplate. Okay, you're going to take the backplate that comes with the cooler, you're going to place it with the rubber on the motherboard, then you're going to align the hole here with the hole there. If you have any questions, ask. Okay, so the manual, right?
We have a leaflet that explains everything you need to do here. Now, we're going to remove all the screws. Okay, so what are we going to use here? We're going to use these four larger screws, right? These ones too, look, we're going to use these four red ones here, okay? So, for this fitting, this is what we're going to use initially.
You're going to pass the screw through the bottom part, okay? You're going to turn it over, it will still be loose, it will look like this here. So, first, you're going to put these washers here, right? Washers, I think that's the right name, to make the fixation there, and now you're going to fix the backplate to the motherboard so that it's very firm.
The cool thing is that you don't even need a tool, right? You'll do it with your hand and you fix it. Now we're going to fix the fan here. What are we going to do? We're going to mount it in this position here, so that the air comes out of the case. So, okay, I'll leave it here. So what are we going to do?
We're going to take these little rubber pieces here, like this. This fan, you don't fix it with screws, okay? You're going to fix it with these rubber pieces here, look. Then you're going to fix it like this. Here, this rubber part in the direction of the air outlet, you're going to take another one, right?
There are four, and do the same thing. So you can add another fan. If you want, you can buy a fan, or you can also have a spare in case this one gets damaged, okay? So what are you going to do? We're going to attach it to the radiator. So, look, it has an opening here in the middle, you see? You see?
Go through it and stretch it out, you see? Then you adjust it here. Why did Sigmatec do it this way? Because this makes it easier to clean the fan. You just pull here, this comes out. You can remove the fan very easily without having to remove the whole cooler, without having to use anything. So it's a different way of attaching the fan.
Other coolers also do this, right? The cooler is ready to be fitted, with this Sigmatec part showing, so that the air comes out here. So now we're going to make the AMD connection here. Okay, the two pieces facing outwards, you see? Turn it outwards, and then we're simply going to screw it in. We have four.
Small screws specific to this part here, we're finished here, check if it's tight. Now we're going to connect it to the motherboard, so you just take your cooler facing outwards, right? And you're going to fit it here, check if all the screws are in their proper places. Of course, you'll apply thermal paste first, right?
I'm not applying it here because I'm just showing you how the assembly would look. Make the fixation and just connect the cable to the CPU fan and you're ready to use your Sigmatek CPU cooler. If you're going to use another motherboard, the M3 Plus or the Intel motherboard, just look at the manual, the manual explains everything, so there's no difficulty.
You'll use the same backplate, only the place where you pass the screw underneath will change, that 's all the same. Okay? If you're going to use a Mental motherboard, you'll use these little pieces here instead of the ones I used. Okay, now I'm going to make comparisons with the Sigmatek Scorpion 2 head in relation to the Intel Box cooler and the MD Box cooler.
Why the Intel MD cooler? Because generally people buy a more robust cooler. To replace the stock coolers that come with the processor, these stock coolers are adequate for those CPUs when running in stock conditions, but they are a bit noisier. And if you overclock or use a high TDP CPU, the temperature gets quite high.
So, people usually look for more robust coolers to achieve two things: lower temperature and lower noise. In the tests, I'll make a direct comparison between temperature and noise, showing under what conditions this cooler is better or worse compared to the stock coolers. Okay, processors: APU A8 7670k and APU 7 6700k.
I know these are CPUs that are completely separate, right? There's a huge gap between them in terms of performance, but a similar TDP. These are the CPUs I have available right now. Before I forget, I used MX4 thermal paste in all tests, and an ambient temperature of 21º Celsius, reflecting the recent cold weather.
Okay, so let's go. This is the first graph: temperature versus noise ratio with the A8 7670k. Okay, so here we're going to see the data in gusto and decibels. I did the test in Prime95 for 15 minutes and measured it with a decibel meter at a distance of 1 meter. Okay, so folks, we see here in orange the temperature, in yellow the noise.
So the Sigmatek Scorpion 2 head in PWM mode, which is its automatic mode, was around 30°C and the noise was 33°C. So the CPU stayed quite cool here. This is very similar to the MD stock cooler, which was around 33 and 34°C in idle mode, which is when the CPU is idle and not doing anything. Now, when you put the CPU at 100% in Prime95, things start to look different.
So here we have the Sigmatek providing 51°C on the processor in 100% mode, and the noise was 35 dB. So it increased here from 33°C in PWM to 35°C at 100%. And the MD stock cooler brought here a temperature of 58°C for the processor. 40 dB, so here we have a very big difference. Note that the Xigmatek Scorpion 2 head provided a lower temperature with less noise.
Here we have the SHM Tech R Scorpion 2 in automatic mode in PWM at 100% load in Prime95, so it also performed better than the MD Box cooler at 100%. Note here, 59º. Okay, it's 1 degree more, but it delivered this temperature with much less noise, from 33 to 40. Look at this interesting thing: we have the MD Box in PWM mode at 100% load, right?
64º and 37 dB. Okay, let's go to the next graph. So here we have the A8 now at 4.4 GHz overclocked, right? I also increased its voltage a little. So we have once again in Idol, both the Xigmatek and the MD Box were in a very similar condition because here is the CPU idle, now the CPU at 100% in Prime95.
We have here once again a good relationship between temperature and noise. With the Xigmatek Head Scorpion 2, it reached 35 dB and 59°C. Note that it was only 2 dB higher in 100% mode, indicating that the fans are quite quiet. In contrast, we have the MD stock cooler with 40 dB 6% and a much higher temperature of 68°C.
The Xigmatek Head Scorpion 2 in load and PWM modes reached 64°C, so it had a much lower temperature compared to the stock cooler in automatic mode, also delivering less noise (from 34°C to 38°C). Note that it was only 1 dB higher compared to idle mode because it didn't accelerate the fan much in this case; it only accelerated it slightly, making this difference.
Note that in 100% it also increases only slightly, just one more decibel. Okay, let's move on to the Intel CPU test. We have the 7 6700k in stock mode, and then we'll test it in overclocking mode. So, once again, idle test here, just for... It really shows a small difference compared to the stock cooler when the CPU is at 100%.
So here we have the Sigmatek in PWM mode under load with the processor at 66º and the stock cooler at 80º. So here we already have a big difference, and it also delivers less noise. So the temperature versus noise ratio is much better compared to the stock cooler in PWM mode. Both, in 100% mode, have 80º, the same temperature.
This is because in PWM load mode the stock cooler already reached the maximum fan speed, so both noise and temperature remained the same. The Sigmatek in 100% mode increased the noise a little and reduced the temperature by about 3º. Okay, now the test with the CPU in overclock mode. So you can see here that the graph reached 100º.
So in overclocking, both in PWM mode and at 100%, it wasn't possible to overclock with the stock cooler. So if you're going to overclock with E7 CPUs, or maybe even an E5, it becomes quite complicated because of this heating. The problem is that the CPU dissipates more heat and the cooler can't handle it, so when it reached 100° the machine simply froze, shut down, and gave a blue screen.
In this case, the Xigmatek allowed it to continue, so although it's still a high temperature, at least the machine didn't shut down. We stayed at 82° in both 100% mode and load mode, where the rotation speed and noise remained the same. Here we also have the test in AMD mode, just for reference. Okay, of course.
Remember that these tests I did here are with the CPU at 100% stress in Prime95 in everyday situations: internet browsing, games that don't demand much from the CPU. You have a lower temperature with all coolers, both with the Xigmatek and the stock cooler, as well as the AMD stock cooler. Okay, so I want to make this very clear to you: in other conditions, you may have a lower temperature with all coolers or an even higher temperature depending on your ambient temperature, for example.
Well, you saw that this is the performance of the Sigmatek Scorpion 2 CPU cooler; it costs... Currently priced between R$200 and R$ 220 with the current dollar exchange rate, as you can see it's a good option for those who want to replace their stock cooler and spend around R$200. If you want to save a little more, Xigmatek itself has coolers that are a bit cheaper, so you can research other models if you want.
You can buy this one now; you draw your own conclusions and make your decision to buy or not. I don't want to influence you, I just want to show what this product is capable of. Okay then, I hope you liked it. Leave your like if you enjoyed it, leave your comment below, share this video with your friends, especially those who are using a stock cooler, are getting frustrated, and want to replace it with a new cooler. Big hug, see you later, bye!
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